What is so special about a smile that really needs to cover up, instead of its description as a facial expression made by involving muscles near mouth and eyes?

Studies find that smiling can improve health condition. It can boost immune system. This might be because when people smiling, they feel more relaxed. Thus, all the organs work well so as the immune system.

Another thing is smiling releases endorphin hormone, which is known as natural pain killer or natural pain relaxant. This endorphin stimulates a feeling of joy and relieves any kind of stresses.
A simple act of smile can also change mood into more positive feeling. In general, a smile is associated with pleasure, happiness or amusement. It is hard to think of something negative while smiling because the smile sends these natural signals of happiness to a body. When happiness comes, mostly negative things will be ignored.

When you have everything in life; power, people and wealth, what else would you seek? The answer is immortality. That is what the movie "Mummy – Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" started its story.

Emperor Han ruled the whole China and surrounding years B.C. He feared nothing except the aging process which would lead to his own death. Thus, he invited a well-known witch to help make him immortal. The witch knew about the cruelty of the emperor, instead of making him immortal, cursed the emperor and all of his army. They turned into statues and years past. The kingdom now was buried with everyone cursed.

Is immortality so precious?

Is it the highest goal? For religious people they might say it is not the highest goal on earth for they believe on eternal life after death.

If we consider only this life time, do you really want to have eternal life? Live forever for years and thousand years or even billion thousand years. Personally, I will not choose that kind of life. For me, quality life is better than quantity life. I do not mind living short time full of happiness than hundreds thousand years living a boring ineffective life.

It will be sad to see other things surround you change while you are not. You will have to watch one by one your families, relatives, friends, and neighbors leave you. Even your house and other stuffs will go old and rotten.

Buddhism said that every component is subject to decay. It is the law of the nature. Unless you find being immortal will benefit you and others, better focus on doing good as much as you can in this mortal life time than thinking on immortality life.

According to wikipedia, there are many types of acne, and they are as follows:

• Acne vulgaris - most commonly experienced around puberty, typically of the face and shoulders/chest
• Acne rosacea - a red rash predominantly on the face
• Acne keloidalis nuchae (Pseudofolliculitis nuchae) - a rash caused by shaving
• Acne conglobata (Hidradenitis suppurativa) - chronic abscesses or boils of sweat glands and hair follicles; in the underarms, groin and buttocks, and under the breasts in women
• Acne cosmetica - acne caused by cosmetics
• Acne fulminans - an extreme form of acne conglobata
• Acne medicamentosa - acne caused by starting or stopping a medicine • Baby acne - a rash seen on the cheeks, chin, and forehead of infants
• Chloracne - an acne rash caused by exposure to chlorinated hydrocarbons such as dioxins or PCBs

Acne is caused by the clogging of pores and the inflammation of the sebaceous glands and hair follicles. It can occur on the face, neck, shoulders, back and chest. This happens because the glands produce oil and when the pores are clogged it becomes whiteheads or blackheads. And when bacteria infect the hair follicles, and when the whitehead raptures, a pimple is produced. And if pimples are squeezed, scars on the face can develop.


Acne can take the following forms:

- Comedones (whiteheads and blackheads). Comedones (kom-uh-DO-neze) are created when the openings of hair follicles become clogged and blocked with oil secretions, dead skin cells and sometimes bacteria. When comedones are open at the skin surface they're called blackheads because of the dark appearance of the plugs in the hair follicles. When comedones are closed, they're called whiteheads — slightly raised, skin-colored bumps.

- Papules. These are small raised bumps that signal inflammation or infection in the hair follicles. Papules may be red and tender.
- Pustules. Similar to papules, pustules are red, tender bumps with white pus at their tips.
- Nodules. These are large, solid, painful lumps beneath the surface of the skin. They're formed by the buildup of secretions deep within hair follicles.
- Cysts. These are painful, pus-filled lumps beneath the surface of the skin. These boil-like infections can cause scars. Common Causes of Acne :
- Poor hygiene, and hormone imbalances. Hormonal changes in adolescence: Stimulation of the sebaceous glands seems to occur with the production of androgens (the masculinizing hormone found in both sexes) at puberty.
- Food and cosmetics allergies are cause of some of the worst cases. - In general, bad digestion, leads to the inability to absorb important nutrients and is a major cause of acne.
- Genetic factor.

By : D'Saptiana

Acne has become a problem not just for teenagers but also some adults. Aside of whatever factors cause this acne, acne treatment through traditional medicine, herbal medicine or even modern treatments have been widely introduced.

What may be a common misunderstanding is to think that stress can cause acne. There is a relationship between acne and stress, but stress does not cause acne. For sure, some experts say that stress or depression will only make acne problem become worst. One suggestion is to avoid stress with yoga or meditation.

This will help clean toxins in blood. It is believed that the blood contaminated with too many toxins create acnes. Another tip is by consuming tea from lavender or chamomile. The aromatherapy from lavender and chamomile make one’s body more relax, and tea is one remedy for acne as well, not mentioning many products for acne is made from tea tree oils.

If stress worsen acne, can the relationship be acne create stress? The answer is for some people perhaps “yes.”

How does this possibility work?

One thing is acne problem may make people lack of self-confidence and get stress over finding ways to cure their acne. For some people, appearance is something important. Even one tiny pimple can be a nightmare for teenagers who have a prom night or first date. A lot of reasons people feel stressed over their acne and this is normal.

However, as previously mentioned, stress will only make acne problem worst. There are many things to be grateful for from other parts of each person. Do not overwhelmed by one problem then forget the rest, which may be the best gift ever.

Home Made Hair Sprays

Ingredients:
- 1 lemon or orange
- water

Instruction:
Chop one lemon into four pieces. If you have dry hair, you can do the same with an orange. Place the lemon or orange in a pot with 2 cups water. Boil until half of the initial amount of water remains. Cool, strain, and place in a spray bottle. Note: Store it in the refrigerator. You can also add one ounce of rubbing alcohol as a preservative. Doing this will allow you to keep the spray for two weeks un-refrigerated. If you find the hairspray too sticky, just add more water.

Home Made Hair Conditioner

Ingredients:
- 3-4 tablespoons of Yogurt
- Lemon
- Coconut Oil
- Egg White Beaten
- Mashed soft banana
- Hair henna

Instruction:
Mix all the ingredients and apply on your hair for about 15 minutes to 30 minutes depending upon the amount of conditioning required. Make sure that you have covered the roots and the tips. Wash well with water and if wanted shampoo as you usually do. An instant shine and freshness is seen in your hair. Natural Dandruff Treatment Ingredients: - 1/2 cup Water - 1/2 cup of White Vinegar Instruction: Add both the ingredients together and then apply directly to the scalp. Use before shampoo. For better result, apply it twice a week.

Home Made Anti Dandruff Formula

Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons cornmeal
- 1/2 cup grape seed oil
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 plastic bag that will fit over your hair

Instruction:
Pour the grape seed oil into a bowl, and add the cornmeal and vinegar. Stir well to make pasty oil. Firstly rinse hair with warm water. Massage the oil into the scalp using your fingertips in a circular motion gently. Repeat until the entire scalp has been massaged. Now place a plastic bag over your hair, secure with a hair clip or clothespin, and allow oil to remain on for at least 1/2 hour. Finally rinse well, with shampoo as you normally would.

by : D'Saptiana

I was a kind of a rebellion - a freedom loving person. I often found other people’s words as challenges and would put all my efforts to prove them wrong. If they said I could not go any further than a mile. I would prove them that I could go over a mile, even two, four or ten miles. I was not easily turned down by negative words; in fact, I got motivated to reach the opposite.

Once, I mistakenly generalized that everyone will do the same as I do when receiving negative words. The problem is one of my friend had a thought for committing a suicide after hearing negative words about her appearance from me.

I never meant to say such a bad thing about her body. In fact, I often tried to build her positive thinking over it. It did not work. Thus, my last hope was, she would get motivated with negative words (like I used to). However, the result was so awful. It would become worse if she really did the suicidal.

Now the question raise in my mind, does ‘word’ matter?? Have you heard about the effects of negative words and positive words to water? There was an experiment of giving positive words only to a glass of water and negative words to the other. Both glasses were put in the freezer for a while. When the ice in both glasses examined, researcher found out that the shape of the ice given positive words are in beautiful crystallized shapes. While the other had irregular randomized shapes.

If words have great effect to non-beings, could you imagine what they do to human? Thus, we should by now pay attention to our words. Avoid use negative words, especially to children. Praise them or give them reward for they good habits or achievement. Children easily store new things they hear or see to their memories. Since the memories of kids have more space to fill up than adults’ memories. Negative words will stay in their mind for quite a long time and affect their characters building.

Positive words improve their confidence and self-respect, which later develop into respecting others. Some people might get motivated by negative words, but most of them do not. Appreciations and compliments work better for people in general.